Saturday, June 26, 2010

Some discounts through the end of June, expiring on the 30th at our Nancy Drew Cafe Press Shop - (remember you must order from our shop page - do not use the search boxes at Cafe Press's main areas or you'll be ordering from their marketplace=we don't get much of a commission at all :( Thanks!)

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Just added a ton of items to the website - leftovers from the 2010 convention, items from my collection that are duplicates from the '07 movie, Girl Detective promotions, etc., books used in the filming of the '07 movie and a lot of other Nancy Drew books and boys'/girls' series books too and the Sleuth Cookbook.

I'm having a summer sale at my Sleuth Shop - 30% off all orders from Sleuth members. (Excludes the handbags--but will do a 5.00 off on the handbags or 10.00 off 2 bags!)

The sale isn't reflected at the website, you'll have to either:

a) e-mail me your order and I'll get a total reflecting the discount to you, will send you a Pay Pal invoice or you can send me a check/money order (sleuths@ndsleuths.com)

OR

b) you place your order at the website, and I'll refund you the discount immediately.

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Special: $2.00 each on back issues #1-22 if ordered by July 15! No postage additional. If you are in Canada or overseas, however, let me know so I can let you know the additional postage to send if you're ordering a lot of back issues. Send to:

Jennifer FisherP.O. Box 128Higley, AZ 85236-0128

Or Pay Pal: nancydrewsleuth@aol.com

In this issue:

Calling All Sleuths: Editor’s Note By Jennifer Fisher

The Clue Conundrum: Mysterious Characters Match Up

The Mystery of the Books Missing From The Library Shelves By Dawn Allen

Nancy, Bess, and George travel to a picturesque seaside town at the invitation of one of Carson Drew's clients. Mr. Drew fails to join the girls, leading to a mystery involving his disappearance and a nearby cliffside cave inhabited by a ghost and his tolling bell.

This is an interesting Nancy Drew book set in a fictional town in Maine, Candleton. It involves a scheming gang involved in various rackets including selling crappy costmetics--which Bess gets duped into purchasing. It also involves an old cave reportedly haunted by a ghost and a tolling bell. Turns out it's just a short villain named Grumper - one of the elves Nancy dreams of after being knocked out. Incidentally in the Nancy Drew Cookbook there's a recipe for "Tolling Bell Tuna Rolls" that might knock your socks of as well--but in a bad way! ;)

The original, though written by Mildred, is a choppier/wordier text which I'll discuss in a future Blog entry.

Original vs. Revised - 5 Interesting Clues:

1. In the original version Bess doesn't like seafood--but she does by the revision.

2. George is skeptical of Nancy's ideas in the original version but it is Bess who is the skeptic in the revision.

3. In the original version Ned is staying up near Candleton, but in the revision, he's selling insurance.

4. Name change - Madame in the original is Mary Smith, in the revision it's Martha Stott.

5. At the end, Ned questions why Nancy changes the subject when he wants to talk about things (romance) other than mysteries, and she just smiles sweetly in the original. In the revised, she gives him the "someday..." line.

3 Mysterious Things About Nancy:

1. Nancy always carries a flashlight in her purse.

2. She's waited tables before.

3. She doesn't like Ned to buy presents for her.

An Important Lesson We Learned From Nancy:

It's a good idea to heed the warnings in notes announcing impending danger!

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

We're doing a charm product test. I'm showing several rough product examples here of charms and rings which will be silver plated and really nice quality from Classic Hardware. We are going to get 2 styles going to begin with in limited editions and then will change designs from time to time.

What I want feedback on are two key items which you can vote in the two polls along the right side of this Blog at top - if you're reading this at Facebook, just post your comments there:

A: Which which 2 designs do we start with? Select 2 in the poll. We have:

If any of you are in the Laguna Beach, CA area, Nancy Drew illustrator Patrick Whelan is having a Gallery show on June 3rd - 30% off. If you can't attend in person, you can call on the 3rd to get the 30 percent off. Good opportunity to save if you're interested in a Nancy Drew painting: www.whelanartgalleries.com